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Possible new PlayStation Portal model pays homage to the Vita's OLED

While much of the focus on PlayStation's next steps is the PS6 and PS6 Portable , the two-year old PlayStation Portal could be getting a revamp according to those pesky internet rumours.  Update : Hints at pricing are around £/$250-299 for the new model, but everything remains deeply in rumours territory. Presumably the goal is to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners, something that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   The recent February  PlayStation State of Play  saw no announcement. But, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than the distant cousin that most of its appearances suggest.  As the improvement in connectivity and streaming tech, proven by many gamers enjoying their PS5 or PlayStation Plus streamed content from around the world, an updated Portal Pro could be on the cards.  Possibly featuring a 120Hz display and an OLED screen in honour of the mighty Vita, that'd be coo...

Zeboyd indie RPGs may appear on the Vita

Zeboyd have released several cool indie RPG titles in the past, but are moving onwards and upwards to Unity development, which, they note, opens up the Vita as a system they'd like to develop for. Already in their archives are Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World. Not sure exactly what the next title will be, but it could easily be added to the list of Vita's indie essentials. Their plan is:

Creating a new RPG engine on Unity is a lot of work (which we started earlier this week) but won’t be nearly as hard as starting from scratch since we do have our old RPG engine to use as a reference point. However, we’re not going to stop with just replicating our old engine’s functionality in Unity. Some of the improvements we’re hoping to add include: Larger, more animated sprites (think Chrono Trigger). More interactive environments. Improved User Interface. A particle system for enhanced visual effects. On-map battles (no separate battle screen) & enemy groups that detect & chase the player. We also have some fun ideas for gameplay (picking and choosing some of the best elements from our past games while adding some new ideas as well) but we’ll save the details on those for later.
Breath of Death VII: The Beginning

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